Episode 72 - Bruce Alexander - Beyond Rat Park, Studying Addiction & Challenging Our Assumptions

Bruce Alexander is a psychologist and professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. He actively taught at SFU from 1970 to 2005. In this interview, he will speak about many of the pivotal experiences he had during that time. One of which, occurred during the 70s, while he was volunteering at a methadone clinic in Vancouver's downtown eastside. There, he would engage in conversations with heroin users, and learn more about why they chose to use the drug. These talks would help set him on a path to conducting an experiment that questioned the standard beliefs of the day about drug addiction - The Rat Park Experiment.

Bruce will share many interesting stories from his life, and give some fascinating insights about his lifetime search for the truth about addiction.

All that, and much more.

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